Episodes
I am delighted to be joined today by Sally-Ann Hibberd who had a successful career with Willis (now Willis Towers Watson), where she served in two separate roles over a 6 year period, first as COO of the International division and then as Group Operations & Technology Director.
She is currently a Non-Exec Director at IG Group, Equiniti, and The Co-operative Bank and Loughborough University.
Published 06/07/21
I am delighted to be joined today by Kate Grussing, the founder of Sapphire Partners. Kate has worked internationally in senior positions at JPMorgan, McKinsey & Co. & Morgan Stanley. She is a regular commentator on diversity, women’s careers and advancement in executive & non-exec roles. She is a trustee of the New London Institute of Imagination and a member of the British Association of Women Entrepreneurs.
Published 05/20/21
I am delighted to be joined today by Fiona Hathorn, CEO of Women on Boards UK, an Advisory Board Member to Spktral, advisor to Peel Hunt (mid-cap stockbroker) & Chair of Hanx's Nominations Committee (FMCG start-up). Fiona is also a Patron of Fight for Sight (a medical research charity) & was formerly a director for Hill Samuel Asset Management. In 2020 Fiona joined King's College London's 'Global Institute for Women's Leadership' Advisory Board.
Published 04/19/21
I am delighted to be joined today by Dominique Leroy who is a member of the board of Deutsche Telekom & leads their European business. Dominique was CEO of Belgian telecom company Proximus Group from 2014 until 2019. She became the first woman to head the company and, at the time, the only female CEO among companies in Belgium’s BEL 20 stock market index. Dominique started her career at Unilever where she spent 24 years in a number of executive roles.
Published 02/10/21
I am delighted to be joined today by Dame Carolyn McCall, CEO of ITV since 2018. Carolyn was previously CEO of EasyJet, one of five female CEOs of a FTSE 100 company and earlier CEO of Guardian Media Group. Carolyn was appointed OBE in 2008 & Dame in 2016. Carolyn is a non-exec board member of the Dept. for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Senior Independent Director at Burberry. In 2013, she was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK by Woman's Hour on BBC...
Published 12/03/20
I am delighted to be joined today by Dame Cilla Snowball who until recently was group Chair and CEO of AMV BBDO, an advertising and communications group. She started her career in advertising with Allen Brady Marsh and went on to Ogilvy & Mather before joining AMV. Dame Cilla became Group CEO in 2006. She was awarded a CBE in 2009 and appointed a Dame in 2017. Dame Cilla is a Governor of Wellcome Trust, NED at Derwent plc and was also Chair of the Women’s Business Council.
Published 11/09/20
I am delighted to be joined by Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive of London First, convening business leaders to keep the UK’s capital globally competitive. She is a non-executive director of WPP & Standard Chartered, a member of the Ethics Committee at Richemont & a Visiting Fellow at the Univ. of Oxford.
Published 10/11/20
I am delighted to be joined today by Dame Inga Beale, former CEO of Lloyds of London. She has also been Group CEO of Canopius, an insurance company with it's principal operations at Lloyds, a member of the Global Management Board of Zurich Insurance Group in Switzerland and Group CEO of Swiss reinsurer Coverium.
She was awarded her Damehood in 2017 for services to the UK economy and for playing a critical role in advancing diversity and inclusion initiatives across the global insurance sector.
Published 08/27/20
I am joined today by Merle Hall, CEO of Kinneir Dufort, a world leading user-centered innovation & product development consultancy. She has 20 years’ experience in launching life-changing products & services for businesses such as Roche, AstraZeneca, Unilever, Coca Cola & Raspberry Pi. Merle is on the board of Kerning the Gap & the Design Business Association (DBA), and prtners with STEM organisations Teen Tech & the Big Bang, delivering diversity in the next generation of...
Published 06/10/20
For our 2nd podcast, I am joined by Tamara Box, Managing Partner for Europe & Middle East of international law firm Reed Smith LLP. Tamara was named a top 30 Inspirational Woman & Champion of Diversity by Brummel Magazine in 2015, Mentor of the Year by Women of the Future in 2016 & was named in the FT HERoes 50 Champions of Women in Business list in 2017, 2018 and 2019. She is a founding member of the Steering Committee of the 30% Club & chair of the “Women of Influence”...
Published 04/18/20
We are joined by June Felix, CEO of IG group, one of only a handful of women CEOs in the FTSE 350. June was previously President of VeriFone Europe & Russia and MD Citibank Enterprise Payments and GM Banking & Financial markets for IBM.
In 2016, June was selected for the Most Influential Women in Payments. In 2013 June received the Edison Award for Innovation & was recognized by American Banker as one of the Top Innovators of the Year for her work in digitizing the Healthcare...
Published 03/03/20